Shortly after the explosion of 5,000 pagers—an incident that, both in Europe and the USA, seems not to have warranted even a mild rebuke from officials (aside from a comment by Petra De Sutter, Belgium’s Deputy Prime Minister1)—rumors spread that the pagers were Motorola models. However, further investigations revealed that the exploded model was the AP924, produced by Gold Apollo Ltd. from Taiwan.
This morning, the company’s founder and president, Hsu Ching-kuang, who is clearly not thrilled by the unexpected publicity, clarified that the batch of pagers that exploded was not manufactured by them but by BAC Consulting, a company based in Budapest. BAC had purchased the brand rights but handled the design and production independently, even though the pagers bear the label “Made in Taiwan.” Hsu added that the payment had raised suspicions as it came “from the Middle East,” though he did not elaborate further.2
So far, no investigation seems to have been launched into BAC Consulting. Investigating the company, even for someone who doesn’t speak Hungarian, is not difficult: a quick look at the national business registry3 (“nemzeti cégtár”) reveals some interesting details. Founded in 2022, BAC Consulting has a single employee and a share capital of one to three million forints (a million forints is just over €2,500). Further investigation is likely needed, which we await with confidence, trusting it will be carried out with utmost diligence.
